LOT 3259
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Rome mint; struck AD 285. 7th officina. IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and sceptre in left; XXIZ below. RIC V.2 161. Good Very Fine.(4.43gr, 23mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; collector's tickets included.
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Juliae Mamaea, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Rome mint; struck AD 224. IVLIA MAMA-EA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI FELICI, Venus standing facing, head to right, holding Cupid with left and sceptre with right hand; S C across fields. RIC IV 694 (Severus Alexander); Cohen 62; BMCRE 190 (same). 20.48gr, 30mm, 11h
Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Attractive dark olive green patina.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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Hadrian AV Aureus. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
Rome mint; struck circa AD 124-125. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust to right, with slight drapery on far shoulder / COS above, III in exergue, she-wolf standing to left, suckling the Twins (Romulus and Remus). RIC II.3 709; BMCRE 449; Biaggi 598. 6.95gr, 18mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Ex Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG, Online Auction 128, 20 March 2022, lot 262. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-238.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Rome mint; struck AD 235-236. IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar before. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 3.25gr, 21mm, 6h
Fleur De Coin. Beautiful deep old cabinet tone.
Ex Beaussant Lefevre, 16 March 2011, no.75.
